Review 4 Lindsay Smith

For my final review, I chose a European Bistro called Euro Bistro.  They are located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This restaurant would be competition for my groups restaurant because they serve the same type of foods.  Our restaurant is just a breakfast and lunch kind of restaurant. The Euro Bistro is the same as ours plus a dinner menu.  I believe that even though they have more than ours, I think our restaurant wouldn’t need the dinner menu, too.  I feel like our restaurant would be fine only serving breakfast and lunch. Their website is not what I would expect for a European Bistro.  It is just a black background with a rectangle horizontal in the middle of the screen.  The rectangle is cut in two evenly with a picture and the name on the left side and the tabs on the other side.  It is interesting to me that the pictures on the left side stay the same on every tab but the private parties.  I feel like it should change for everyone or none.  I do not like the layout of their site either.  The rectangle in the center seems too bland to me.  I feel like it should cover more of the page.  I think the color of the website suits the feel of the restaurant very well.  It is black with dark reds and oranges.  It sets the mood for the dinner feel of the restaurant.  I do not think that it suits the breakfast and lunch part of the restaurant though. I think that if the website included some lighter colors than all dark colors, it would make it work better for all of the food times. I believe that our color pallet suits our style of restaurant with breakfast and lunch items. The only texture that is on this website would be in the pictures.  I think that if this restaurant did want to keep the same look that they have with the black background and rectangle in the middle, adding a lacy texture to the black would look very nice.  Our restaurant doesn’t have much texture besides the pictures also.  We use the pictures as the background of our site with having the words or menu items in front of the picture.  The navigation for this website is simple.  There are tabs on the top of the rectangle.  You can click the tabs to go to the menu, location and hours, private parties and their story.  These different tabs are also accessible by swiping across the screen.  I believe that their effectiveness at guiding the user through the website is very good.  Our navigation is similar in its simplicity and usage.  Our tabs will stay on the top of the page at all times and they are basic blocks that stretch across the screen. I believe that it would have been hard to screw up the Euro Bistros guidance because of how simple the website is. All their is to do is click on the four tabs and click to see their different menus.  I believe that my groups website will stand out in comparison to restaurants like this one because our color scheme is bright and more appealing to the eye.  Also, we have a wide variety of different types of food from different  countries.  I think that our restaurant would go over very will if it was actually introduced into the market.